Jennifer Hillier

“I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.”

She crumples it up into a tiny bead and swallows it. Because the only way to get rid of it is to consume it.

It’s easier to lie when your mouth is full

She’s lonely, hungry for attention and validation, and she needs a warm body next to her

a show he pretended to hate but secretly enjoyed because it meant he could spend time with her?

Children are innocent. They’re small. They can’t defend themselves against predators. They’ve done nothing to warrant any violence against them. Bad things aren’t supposed to happen to kids. It goes against everything we as a civilized society think is acceptable. Your protective instincts kick in.